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2.2.11.2. Financial Securities Intermediary
BNP Paribas Securities Services
GCT - Service Émetteurs
Les Grands Moulins de Pantin
9, rue du Débarcadère
93761 Pantin Cedex
2.2.12.
ADR (American Depositary Receipt) Program
On January 10, 2011, the level 1 sponsored ADR program, which had been
maintained with Deutsche Bank since December 15, 2008, terminated.
Vivendi does not sponsor any American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program
for its shares. Any currently existing ADR program is “unsponsored” and
is not connected in any way to Vivendi. Vivendi denies any responsibility
or liability in relation to any such program.
2.3. Major Shareholders
2.3.1.
Share Ownership and Voting Rights (as of December 31, 2014)
As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s share capital amounted to
€7,433,803,509, divided into 1,351,600,638 shares.
The corresponding number of voting rights, taking into consideration
that treasury shares have no voting rights, totaled 1,351,550,605 as of
December 31, 2014, and remained the same as of February 27, 2015.
As of December 31, 2014, employees held 3.11% of the Company’s
share capital.
To the Management Board’s knowledge, as of December 31, 2014, the
major shareholders who held shares in registered form or had sent a
share ownership notice to the Company were as follows:
Groups
% of share capital
% of voting rights Number of shares
Number
of voting rights
Groupe Bolloré
(*)
5.14
5.14
69,448,825
69,448,825
BlackRock Inc.
4.93
4.93
66,612,364
66,612,364
CDC-BPI/DFE
3.45
3.45
46,636,819
46,636,819
Amundi (Crédit Agricole AM/Société Générale AM)
3.44
3.44
46,527,497
46,527,497
PEG Vivendi
3.11
3.11
41,998,171
41,998,171
FCPE Groupe Vivendi “épargne”
1.23
1.23
16,548,326
16,548,326
FCPE “Opus Vivendi”
1.88
1.88
25,449,845
25,449,845
The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
2.98
2.98
40,247,146
40,247,146
State Street Corporation (SSC)
2.24
2.24
30,283,853
30,283,853
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
2.02
2.02
27,269,961
27,269,961
NBIM (Norges Bank Investment Management)
1.98
1.98
26,754,689
26,754,689
Newton
1.55
1.55
20,935,571
20,935,571
Crédit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
1.48
1.48
20,034,872
20,034,872
UBS Investment Bank
1.28
1.28
17,253,929
17,253,929
First Eagle Investment Management
1.08
1.08
14,645,991
14,645,991
DNCA Finance
1.08
1.08
14,608,431
14,608,431
Treasury shares
0.00
0.00
50,033
0
Other shareholders
64.24
64.24
868,292,486
868,292,486
Total
100.00
100.00
1,351,600,638
1,351,550,605
(*)
Since March 2, 2015, the Bolloré Group holds 8.15% of the share capital, i.e., 110,155,453 shares and voting rights.
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